Pages

Wednesday, 11 June 2014

25 Things Secondary School Taught Me

I am now coming to the end of my time at secondary school, having had my official 'last day at school' and having only two exams remaining. It's a very odd feeling, with school having been a large part of my life for as long as I can remember and as such, I have recently been looking back and reflecting on my time at school, motivating me to write this post. I have omitted things I have learnt from primary school due to my memory of those years being significantly less clear. Some of these points are a bit silly, but I hope the majority will be useful those soon to start secondary school/ already attending or at least provide a laugh to those who read it.

1) Don't let your dad to convince you that you need a massive man's backpack that makes you look a turtle.

2) You don't need to bring in ALL of your books every single day, just the ones for the lessons you have that day. Otherwise you'll kill your back.

3) You will cringe when you look back at your Year 7 photos a few years later. That's just a fact. Case in point:

4) All of the older years will go 'awww' when they see you on your first day in Year 7. And it will be embarrassing.

5) Your first assembly will stink of leather from everyone's new shoes.

6) You may initially enjoy the independence of walking on your own to school and feel all grown up but it will not be long before you're begging for lifts.

7) If you get a locker you will never use it after the first few weeks.

8) You will forget your keys, lock yourself out, and spend an hour sitting on the doorstep waiting for your parents to get home multiple times.

9) If you wear red glasses, everyone will call you Ugly Betty.

10) Detentions aren't as bad as your primary teacher warns you. They're an annoying inconvenience. Nonetheless, don't take this as an excuse to do something that'll get you into detention. It could lead to more severe punishments.

11) Don't get cocky in Year 8 because you're not a Year 7 anymore. You will piss off everyone in the other years.

13) You will go through a phase of having awful makeup when you just start using it and the pictures will haunt you. I'm talking tangoed foundation and clumpy mascara.

14) Year 9 is the best year. You will do no work.

15) There's no need to be scared of the Sixth Formers. Although they secretly kind of like that you're intimidated by them.

16) GCSEs/ A levels aren't as bad as your teachers tell you they're going to be. Yes, you'll have to put the work in but you aren't going to be overloaded with impossible work and hours and hours of homework with no free time. Ignore their scare tactics.

17) Don't feel pressure to achieve the grades other people tell you you should be getting/ need. You aren't underachieving if you don't get these grades - they're your grades and no-one else's. All that matters is that you do the best you can.

18) If you do last minute revision and still get a decent grade, that's great. But don't think you can now do this for all your exams because you're "just good at last minute revision".

19) If you have a panic attack and don't go to your Year 11 prom, you will still look longingly at your prom dress 2 years later.

20) Don't pick a subject you don't enjoy for A Levels even if you got good grades in it at GCSE. You wont want to put in the work required and will likely ultimately end up dropping it.

21) If you were the sort of person who could coast through your GSCEs with little revision, don't expect that to happen with your A Levels. Come to terms with this now as realizing it too late will cause a lot of unnecessary stress.

16 comments
:

Omg is that picture you! aww its so cute, I remember being like that in year 7 ahah xD Love this post and they are all so true! Just followed you on google plus and bloglovin my dear! ^_^ can't wait to see more posts from you! xxx

Love your blog! Do you want to follow each other via GFC and bloglovin? Follow me then leave me a comment on my blog. I will follow you back asap! Please help me reach my goal of 100 followers.Blog ☮ http://thishipsterwrites.blogspot.com/ Bloglovin' ☮ http://www.bloglovin.com/en/blog/12346821﻿

I really like this post, and it's kinda made me want to do one very similar since I've just finished sixth form for good! I totally like 1, 6, 7 they really made me laugh! I would say that secondary school has taught me lots of things like, it really is important to listen in class and perhaps been the class clown isn't always the best option! Its also taught me that if you stick up for yourself straight away people won't come for you again and id also say its taught me the importance of friendships as I've learnt that it's better to have 1-3 close friends then a big bunch of friends who are probably not even 'friends'!!

Haha so true! I'm still in school and to be honest I kind of needed this post right now - there's something about being in year eleven that makes teachers feel the need to tell you that you are about to fail your exams and then you're going to fail life (STAHP IT, TEACHERS, STAHP IT).Hannah | The Crafty Fox

packers and movers in hyderabad We Provide Best Packers And Movers Hyderabad List for Get Free Best Quotes, Compare Charges, Save Money And Time, Household Shifting Services at ... packers and movers in bhubaneswar We Provide Best Packers And Movers Bhubaneswar List for Get Free Best Quotes, Compare Charges, Save Money And Time, Household Shifting Services ...packers and movers patna "Local Packers And Movers Patna" prompt moving, relocation and shifting services for people and corporation moving to "Patna" and round the India.